Beppu Station
Beppu Station 別府駅 | |||||
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_station_1.jpg) Beppu Station in March 2007 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Beppu, Ōita Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°16′46″N 131°30′01″E / 33.279541°N 131.500265°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 5,933 daily | ||||
| Rank | 31st (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||
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Beppu Station (別府駅, Beppu-eki) is the main railway station for the city of Beppu in Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is famous for its onsen. It is situated on the Nippō Main Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by JR Kyūshū.
Limited Express Trains
- Sonic (Hakata - Ōita)
- Nichirin (Hakata - Miyazaki)
- Yufuin-no-mori, Yufu (Hakata - Beppu)
- Trans-Kyushu Limited Express (Beppu - Hitoyoshi)
Layout
Beppu Station has two side platforms and four island platforms.
| 1・2 | Limited express trains of Nippō Main Line | for Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| Local trains of Nippō Main Line | for Tsurusaki and Saiki | |
| 3 | Limited express trains of Hohi Main Line | for Aso, Kumamoto and Hitoyoshi |
| Local trains of Nippō Main Line | for Usa and Nakatsu | |
| 4 | Limited express trains of Nippō Main Line | for Nakatsu, Kokura and Hakata |
| Local trains of Nippō Main Line | for Usa and Nakatsu |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Nippō Main Line | ||||
| Beppu Daigaku | - | Higashi-Beppu | ||
History
The private Kyushu Railway had, by 1909, through acquisition and its own expansion, established a track from Kokura to Yanagigaura. The Kyushu Railway was nationalised on 1 July 1907. Japanese Government Railways (JGR), designated the track as the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and expanded it southwards in phases, with Beppu opening as the new southern terminus on 16 July 1911. It became a through-station on 1 November 1911 when the track was extended further south to Ōita. On 15 December 1923, the Hōshū Main Line was renamed the Nippō Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 5,933 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 31st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[3]
References
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 753. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)